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author | Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk> | 2008-10-13 18:36:40 +0100 |
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committer | Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk> | 2008-10-14 11:52:03 +0100 |
commit | f28305ce947fa194ec4281576611f24e70f17d0a (patch) | |
tree | b038eec0a7a2e86d3dbc95cfda766fc4877a4c19 /spec/Channel_Future.xml | |
parent | 5e822e8c3dfa89d30afa18eecb3d68dd18fa93cb (diff) | |
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Update spec to 0.17.13
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diff --git a/spec/Channel_Future.xml b/spec/Channel_Future.xml index 131b655c5..235ff2c4d 100644 --- a/spec/Channel_Future.xml +++ b/spec/Channel_Future.xml @@ -42,129 +42,6 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.</ </tp:rationale> </tp:docstring> - <property name="Requested" tp:name-for-bindings="Requested" - type="b" access="read"> - <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <p>True if this channel was created in response to a local request, - such as a call to - <tp:dbus-ref namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy">Connection.RequestChannel</tp:dbus-ref> - or - <tp:dbus-ref namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy">Connection.Interface.Requests.CreateChannel</tp:dbus-ref>.</p> - - <tp:rationale> - <p>The idea of this property is to distinguish between "incoming" - and "outgoing" channels, in a way that doesn't break down when - considering special cases like contact lists that are automatically - created on connection to the server, or chatrooms that an - IRC proxy/bouncer like irssi-proxy or bip was already in.</p> - - <p>The reason we want to make that distinction is that UIs for - things that the user explicitly requested should start up - automatically, whereas for incoming messages and VoIP calls we - should first ask the user whether they want to open the messaging - UI or accept the call.</p> - </tp:rationale> - - <p>If the channel was not explicitly requested (even if it was - created as a side-effect of a call to one of those functions, - e.g. because joining a Tube in a MUC context on XMPP implies - joining that MUC), then this property is false.</p> - - <p>For compatibility with older connection managers, clients SHOULD - assume that this property is true if they see a channel announced - by the - <tp:dbus-ref namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy">Connection.NewChannel</tp:dbus-ref> - signal with the suppress_handler parameter set to true.</p> - - <tp:rationale> - <p>In a correct connection manager, the only way to get such a - channel is to request it.</p> - </tp:rationale> - - <p>Clients MAY additionally assume that this property is false - if they see a channel announced by the NewChannel signal with the - suppress_handler parameter set to false.</p> - - <tp:rationale> - <p>This is more controversial, since it's possible to get that - parameter set to false by requesting a channel. However, there's - no good reason to do so, and we've deprecated this practice.</p> - - <p>In the particular case of the channel dispatcher, the only - side-effect of wrongly thinking a channel is unrequested - is likely to be that the user has to confirm that they want to - use it, so it seems fairly harmless to assume in the channel - dispatcher that channels with suppress_handler false are - indeed unrequested.</p> - </tp:rationale> - </tp:docstring> - </property> - - <property name="InitiatorHandle" type="u" tp:type="Contact_Handle" - access="read" tp:name-for-bindings="Initiator_Handle"> - <tp:added version="0.17.7">(in Channel.FUTURE - pseudo-interface)</tp:added> - <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <p>The contact who initiated the channel. For channels requested by the - local user, this MUST be the value of - <tp:dbus-ref namespace="org.freedesktop.Telepathy">Connection.SelfHandle</tp:dbus-ref> - at the time the channel was created (i.e. not a channel-specific - handle).</p> - - <tp:rationale> - <p>The careful wording about the self-handle is because the Renaming - interface can cause the return from Connection.GetSelfHandle to - change. It's something of a specification bug that we don't signal - this in the Connection interface yet.</p> - </tp:rationale> - - <p>For channels requested by a remote user, this MUST be their handle. - If unavailable or not applicable, this MUST be 0 (for instance, - contact lists are not really initiated by anyone in particular, and - it's easy to imagine a protocol where chatroom invitations can be - anonymous).</p> - - <p>For channels with the Group interface, this SHOULD be the same - contact who is signalled as the "Actor" causing the self-handle - to be placed in the local-pending set.</p> - - <p>This SHOULD NOT be a channel-specific handle, if possible.</p> - - <p>It does not make sense for this property to be in channel - requests - the initiator will always be the local user - so it - MUST NOT be accepted.</p> - </tp:docstring> - </property> - - <property name="InitiatorID" type="s" access="read" - tp:name-for-bindings="Initiator_ID"> - <tp:added version="0.17.7">(in Channel.FUTURE - pseudo-interface)</tp:added> - <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <p>The string that would result from inspecting the InitiatorHandle - property (i.e. the initiator's identifier in the IM protocol).</p> - - <tp:rationale> - <p>The presence of this property avoids the following race - condition:</p> - - <ul> - <li>New StreamedMedia channel C is signalled with initiator - handle I</li> - <li>Client calls InspectHandles(CONTACT, [I])</li> - <li>Channel C closes, removing the last reference to handle I</li> - <li>InspectHandles(CONTACT, [I]) returns an error</li> - <li>Client can indicate that a call was missed, but not who - called!</li> - </ul> - </tp:rationale> - - <p>It does not make sense for this property to be in channel - requests - the initiator will always be the local user - so it - MUST NOT be accepted.</p> - </tp:docstring> - </property> - <property name="Bundle" tp:name-for-bindings="Bundle" type="o" access="read"> <tp:added version="0.17.9">(in Channel.FUTURE |